Artmage Deck #774134 — Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

Deck — Deck Power Evaluation

Final Contextual Deck Power: 37/100 (±10 · Confidence: Low)

• Primary strategy: Combo
• Secondary strategies: Control, Toolbox
• Format: tcg

Legality

Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 — status under the rules at evaluation time: Illegal. 1 violation(s).

Identity & game plan

• Win condition: Fusion/Link/Xyz boss pressure via Power Patron and Artmage monsters (Artmage Non-Finito, Nerva, Gustav Rocket, Vidolium, Mediclius); Recursion of Medius the Pure and Ars Magna monsters from GY/banishment to rebuild boards
• Turn 1 (going first): Open Medius the Pure / Artmage Power Patron / Pendulum Treasure to reach a Fusion or Link Summon; hold Ash Blossom and Ghost Ogre for the first opposing response
• Turn 2 (going second): Use Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Droll & Lock Bird and Solemn Judgment to break the opponent's opening line, then rebuild through Medius and Theorealize
• Recovery: Banish Ars Magna monsters from hand to add Ars Magna Spell/Trap or monsters, and recycle Medius from the GY via Artmage Vandalism or Theorealize
• After siding: No side deck in the export; no post-side plan can be evaluated

Why it scores here

The score is a structural read of the list as a system, not an average of its cards, and it is capped low because the list is Illegal: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring runs 3 copies against a Semi-Limited limit of 2. The deck reliably opens a starter: the archetype-core group of 25 copies gives a P(at least one in an opening 5) of about 0.96, though the core is spread across several sub-archetypes (Artmage 14, Power Patron 8, Ars Magna 6, Mulcharmy 5, Medius 4, Pendulum 4, and others), so 57 copies are off the main Artmage name. Its interaction layer is broad and reasonably layered (Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre, Droll & Lock Bird, Solemn Judgment, Harpie's Feather Duster, Lightning Storm and Artmage Impasto), and its Extra Deck supplies high-end boss pressure. Conversion, floor and median output could not be measured because no parseable boards were supplied, so those dimensions rest on text reads. Popularity and archetype usage were not credited as power, and the deck has no side deck, so going-second and post-side adaptability score low.

Dimension scores

How the score was computed

Strategy profile: Combo 100% (Control noted as secondary; no separate blend applied). Structural ≈ 51, Going First ≈ 52, Going Second ≈ 50, Meta = provisional, Tournament Reliability ≈ 40. Modifiers: banlist exposure: Ash Blossom over copy limit (-8); no combo evidence and fragmented archetype (-4). Final formula: Theoretical/structural-only (Illegal). Pre-modifier 0.80*51 + 0.20*40 = 49; modifiers total -12 -> 37. Meta Provisional (null).

Probability & combo summary

• Opening a starter: P(≥1) ≈ 0.25 · key two-card combo ≈ — · full-brick estimate ≈ — (all Inferred)
• Combo output: best PowerIndex —, median —, board-per-starter —
• Turn order: 0 going-first lines vs 0 going-second lines

Strengths

• Opening access to the archetype core is very likely (about 0.96 for at least one core card in a 5-card hand)
• Layered interaction: hand traps, Solemn Judgment, Harpie's Feather Duster and Lightning Storm
• High-ceiling Extra Deck: Gustav Rocket, Nerva, Vidolium and Mediclius
• Recursion via Medius and Ars Magna monsters from GY and banishment

Weaknesses

• Illegal copy-limit violation on Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
• Sub-archetype fragmentation: only 14 of 56 main copies carry the exact Artmage name
• No side deck, so no best-of-3 adaptability
• No recorded boards, so conversion and median output are unmeasured

Critical choke points

• Medius the Pure is the main Fusion and Special Summon pivot; only 0.25 chance to see one in a 5-card opening hand
• Single-card Extra Deck dependence on Artmage Non-Finito and Nerva for pressure
• Ash Blossom and Ghost Ogre are the first-response cards; drawing none leaves the engine exposed on the opponent's first turn

Recommended changes

Evidence & confidence

• Verified: Main 56 / Extra 15 / Side 0 counts are within size rules; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring: 3 copies vs 2 legal (Semi-Limited) = Illegal; Exact-name archetype purity 19.7% (14 of 71 copies)
• Inferred: Starter access P(>=1 Medius in opening 5) = 0.25; core-group P = 0.96; Going-second hand-trap access P = 0.57; Structural and going-first/second scores from text-only reads
• Provisional: Meta Power (null, no dated metagame sample); D13 matchup fit; Tournament reliability (no tournament link)
• Data gaps: no combos supplied; combo floor/median/ceiling is text-only inference no tournament link; archetype meta-share and per-pilot match record absent no side deck in the export; post-side plan cannot be evaluated no win-rate telemetry; going-first/second and matchup signals are Inferred or Unknown Meta Power is Provisional unless a dated metagame sample is supplied